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(No Model.) A. B. MATTOON.

STAY ROLLER FOR SLIDING DOORS.

No. 307,131. Patented 0015.28, 18-84.

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WITNESSES V 1 1012 I .{illfOT'l'LGZ/S f UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED 13. MATTOON, OF OYVASCO, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DOR HEALD, OF SAME PLACE.

STAY-ROLLER FOR SLIDING DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,131, dated October 28, 1884.

Application filcd March 15, 1884. (No model.)

I aZZ whom it may concern.- above described the roller maybe adjusted so Be it known that I, ALFRED 13. 1\IA.TTOON, as to render the frictional contact with a door acitizen of the United States, residing at as great or little as may be desired or found Owasco, in the county of Cayuga and State of necessary to the proper working of the roller.

5 New York, have invented a new and useful It will also be seen that any wear may be Stay-Roller for Sliding Doors, of which the easily and readily compensated for with but following is a specification, reference being little trouble in adjusting the parts. had to the accompanying drawings. In the application of the above-described My invention relates to improvements in device the vertical portion or strip a is se- IO stay-rollers for sliding doors; and it has for cured to the timber of a building adjacent to its object to provide a device of this character the sliding door, so that the roller comes in which shall be cheap and simple in its 0011- contact with the lowerouter edge thereof, and. Etruction, and durablein its use, and, further, serves to securely retain the door in contact a to provide a device of this character which 2 with the side of a building, or as close thereto 15 may be readily attached to or detached from as is necessary to insure the proper and easy a building. sliding of the door.

The invention consists in the improved It will be obvious that a roller constructed construction and combinations of parts, here- I and mounted as above described is of siminafter fully described, and pointed out in the pie construction, and that the same is thor- 20 claims. oughly braced to prevent accidental displace- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective ment or detachment of the parts. view illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a Having fully described 1nyinvent-i0n,what I cross-section of Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is an elevaclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters tion showing my improvement applied. Patent, is

I11 the accompanying drawings, in which 1. A supporting frame for'sliding -door So like letters refer to corresponding parts rollers, consisting of a vertrical strip bent throughout the several figures, A represents outwardly at its lower end and then upwardthe shank or supporting-frame for the stayly, the end being formed with a horizontal roller. This supporting-frame A consists of loop for the support of the roller, and a brac- 3C a vertical portion or strip, a, which is proing-rod located adjacent to said loop,its other vided with holes or eyes for the passage of end being connected with the vertical attachscrews for its attachment. This portion a is ingstrip, substantially as set forth. bent outwardly at its lower end, and slightly 2. A roller for sliding doors, consisting of inclined, from whence it is bent at an angle an inner shaft or core provided with an 81011 to form a strip or portion, 1), which is'progated slot, and an outer ring or roller adapted o vided with a perforation for the passage of a to revolve upon said shaft or core, substansuitable bracing bolt or bar, B. This bar 3 tially as set forth. is secured at its lower end to the vertical por- 3. The combination, with a supporting tion or strip a, and serves to firmly brace and frame consisting ofa vertical strip bent out- 40 keep in position the angular portion 1). This wardly at its lower end and then upwardly, 5 angular portion 7) is then bent upwardly and and provided at its extremity with a horizon downwardly to form a U shaped loop, (3, tal U-shaped loop, said frame being suitably within which is mounted the stay-roller D, in braced .and provided with means for attachthe following manner: Near the lower end of ment, of a shaft mounted upon a transverse 45 the loop 0 are provided perforations or openbolt of said horizontal U-shaped loop, said ICO ings, (Z, through which pass a transverse bolt, shaft having an elongated slot, and roller E. Upon this transverse bolt E is mounted mounted on said shaft to revolve thereon,sub-

a shaft, F, which is provided with an elonstantially as set forth. gated slot, G, so that the shaft may be ad In testimony thatI claimthe foregoing as my 5 justed at any point in said slot by inserting own I have hereto affixed my signature in the bolt and tightening the same by means of presence of two witnesses.

a nut. Upon this shalt I is mounted the stay- ALFRED B. MATTOON. roller H, which is provided with an enlarged I'Vitnesses: opening, 1. Don HEALD,

55 It will be seen that by the construction \V. II. OURTIN. 

